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Found a nice silver edge in a roll of quarters. I figured immediately that it was a Canadian, as this is my luck, but much to my confusion it is a Guam quarter. The thing is, I have heard the silver ones have an "S" mint mark, but this one has a "P". It looks pretty solid silver on the edge. Everyone I have have shown it to hasn't seen any coloring that would suggest clad status. The only thing I could think was if someone painted the edge silver, but I have nicked it and there is no copper color in it the edge where I nicked it. I'm pretty sure it's clad, but at this point my OCD won't let me put this away until I know about the coin. Does anyone have any ideas about this bad boy? Thanks in advance for any ideas.
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New Member
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Fuzzy317: No, I don't have a scale. I was thinking of taking it to the "I Buy Silver" guy here in town to see if he knows anything about it. Maybe he can weigh it for me.
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It's clad , I have seen coins where the copper-nickel outer core has overlapped the inner core on the edges. Unless a silver planchet got sent to the Phila mint by mistake, which is unlikely.
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denco7: That's pretty much what I figured, but I didn't want to have to hack the thing in half to prove it. It IS money, after all...  |
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Also check the tissue test. Does it ring like a silver coin? |
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Goldrush,
I got a nice, cheap scale at Harbor Freight Tools. Works perfect, was like $13 or something.
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Pillar of the Community
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Most likely one of the silver or platinum plated SQ that were sold on HSN and similar vendors. The precious metal plating on these after market jobs are very minimal.
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When I listen to LED ZEPPELIN...so do my neighbors...
Roll hunting since '77
Dirt fishing since '72
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FFD, nice find on the Spanish silver. Can't wait till it gets warm. My brother in law has like a 28 acre property, that had an indian settlement they think, and he says I can search it. But I hope he doesn't change his mind.
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Posted 02/03/2013 8:38 pm
